Bed-rail connecter



A. WESTON BEDy RAIL CONNECTER Fld. Feb. 15, 1928 Feb. 4, 1930. 1,745,653

IN VENTOR.

Adof Wesm,

ATTORNEY.

, Patented Feb. 4, 1930 nnonn WESTON, F

Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA',

" :erin-RAIL CONNECTER y Application led iFebruary15, 1928. Serial No'. 254,476.

fMy inventionv relates to lconnecters for bed i rails/ofthe character embodied -inmyicoi pending application, Serial No. 214,908, tiledy -August-23, 1927, and it is the purpose :of my present"fiifiventionv to so modify? the construc- 3 tion'fofy connecters of this character as to render :the side bed rails-reversible to accom'- modate'what istermed in Athe art asflat bed springs or coiled or box bed springsand Y in suoli manner that each is supported atthe same level on the bed vtram-e. v l

f' I will describe only one form of bed rail Connecter' embodying myfinvention and will then point youtthe novel features in claims.

Inthe accompanying drawings:

y yFi'gLlly is a'view showing in perspective one forni-otbed rail connecter embodying my invention in appliedvposition to the rails and one post cfa bed frame and with the elements thereof connected to each other;

Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1 showing the same side rail of the bed frame as that shown in Fig. 1 reversed and applied to the opposite or adjacent bed post;

Fig. y3 is a det-ail perspective view of that element of the'connecter adapted to be secured lto the bed post; and

.Figi 4t is a similarview showing. that elef ment of the connecter which is applied to the side rail ot the bed frame.

Referring specifically to the drawings, my .f invention in `its present embodiment comx prises a connecter made up ot' two main' elements designated generally at E and E', the element E being adapted for connection to a bed post B and to an end rail R, while the element E is adapted for permanent connection to a side rail R, it being understood that the rails R and R arepartsof a conventional bedframe, and inthe form of angle bars.

The element E comprises a plate of metal or other suitable material, secured to one sideof the bed vpost B by means of three screws 16, thelowermost one of which is eX- tendedy through the radjacent end of the end rail R. Along its outer vertical edge the plate 15 is provided '1 at vertically spaced points with upwardly extending hook members 17 having rounded outer edges as illusf trated. At one side but between the hook members -17 is secured within'the plate 1,5 a headed projection 18 designedfor the purpose of detachably securing the element E on the' elementE.` 't l 'f n v The element E is constructed' from j'a relatively short length of angle-ironsoas to provide portions 19 and v2() disposed at right anglesto each other,the portion 20 extending into a slot 21 in the horizontal portion' 22 of the side rail R so that the vertical portion 23 of the rail is 'disposed 4at the outer side `of the portion 20. The rail iis permanently secured to the portion 20 so as to be disposed in rightangular relation to the element E. l The por,-

. tion 19 ot' the element E is reduced in width adjacent its oppositeends to provide'a relatively wide intermediate portion 19%,'the opposite ends of 'which provide transverse shoulders 19h and 19. Intermediate its ends the'l portion '19*L is providedy with, an opening 191,`the upper' rand lower walls 'of which are shaped to providesockets 19ev and 19f in either fotwhich the shank of theprojection l18is adapted to seat when the elements of the connecter are assembled.n The adjacent end .of Y the ,horizontal portion 22 ,of the side' vrail R spans `the opening/19d. niedially of its ends, and this endv ofthe rail is recessed as indica-ted at 22a in order to provideV the Vnecessary clearance for the headedvpr'ojection 18 iny applying the element E to the element E. 'I Theportion 19 adjacent its'pointl ot connectinwith the porti01r20is formed with vertically extending and vertically spaced slots24 through4 which the hook members I17 'ofthe element E are adapted to be extended. n f 4 In the applied position of the element Eon the 'element E, as illustratedV in Fig. v1,'"the hook members 17 are lfirst extended :into vthe slots 24 when the element E istorced downwardly causing `the'hook membersto irmly engage and support the elementi E thereon. The limit of downward :movementof theelement E is dened by the hook members17, the headed projection 18,r andthe transverse shoulder y19'. Consequently, fthe element E has four points .of support onv theelement E andas a'result distributes; thef loady imposed on theside rail evenly along the'lengthot the element E.l As in therbed rail embodied'in my copending application, above referred to, the headed projection 18 functions to secure the element E against horizontal movement on the element E so that the two'relernents are fixedly secured in right-angular position. It is important to note that the'shape of the portion 19 ofthe element E issuch as tof escape kor clear the heads of the two upper screws,

thus eliminating the necessity of countersinking the screw-heads. n s Y The bed rail connecter, as illustrated in Fig: 1, may be considered as appliedA to the lefthand bedpost to connect the left-hand side rail thereto, and in this position of theside rail the portion 22 is disposed uppermost and constitutes the "surface upon Vvvhijch a bed spring of the flat type'is supported. If zit is` desired to supporta coiled bed spring or al box spring, the side rails R should be inverted so that veach rail assumes the position shown in Fig-f. v2. In this 'inverted-position,

the vportions 23 extend upwardly from the portions Q2 instead of downwardly andthey thus function to engage the sides of the springs -to prevent edgewise displacement of the springs. TheY"construction jof my con necter fis such as to pernit inversion "of the v side rails, Vand by a comparison ofl Figs; l and 2 it will be manifest that the element E in either position can be applied to either` element E Y'of either bedpost to cause the hook members' and headed projection to engage and secure the elementv E in fixed relation yto the bedpost, and that in either position the element E is :supported at four points along its length, the shoulder 1.91 engaging the rail .R inthe inverted position shown fin Fig. 2, anda headed projection I8 seating Within the socket jet . In the invertedpsition of the lelementY E', the -lrorizontal .portion 22 fof the 5side yrail R assumes the same .horizontal position as it did when in the position short/n in Fig. '1, and, consequently, the side rail Will continue to support a I.hed spring in the samer :horizontal position :as it did when inthe position lshown adapted to seat on the end rail.

disposed portions, one of which is slotted to receive the hook members, provided With an opening, the Walls of which are shaped to formfreversely disposed sockets in either of Which a headed projection is adapted toseat,

and so shaped as to form spaced transverse shoulders either ofy which is adapted to abut the endrail. v j

2. In combination, a bed frame having an end rail anda side rail of angular form in 'cross-section, an element adapted to be se- Y cured to a bedpost and to the end rail, vertically 'spaced hook members on said element, a

headed, projection on said element, av second element having angularly disposed portions, said side rail having. its horizontal portion slotted to receive one portionof the second element and secured thereto, the other portion of the second element havin-g slots to receivethe hook members, providedrjvith an oppositely disposed sockets in either of which the headed projection is adapted to seat, the

horizontal portion of the adjacent end of the n side railbeing recessed ,to provide 'themecesn sary clearance for theheaded projection in movingit i-nto either of said sockets, the said second element being so shaped as to provide spaced'horizontal shoulders either of which is f Signed at Los Angeles, in the [county of Los Angeles and State of California, this 6th day of'February, A; 11.1928; u Y Q ADOLF WESTON.

in It will, therefore, be :manifest that Y my :conneeterisY such asr to permit What-is lno'vvn in the iart as reversing offthe bed rails and 4.yet .functioning to support 'the leed'k springs in the same horizontal plane.

:Altlrough ,I have herein lshown vantidescribd fonly, fone form of bed-rail connecter embodying `my invention, ift is to'be under- I stoodthat various chan-ges and modifications opening, thewall of whichV is shaped to form ,y Y 

